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Windows 7 - My Wireless card Said Enabled but isn't working

 
01-26-2012   #1


Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
 
 

My Wireless card Said Enabled but isn't working

This is what i got in ipconfig. As you can see it's not detecting the Wireless LAN card. I've done everything; reinstalling drivers, reboot after reboot, I don't know what to do!
I'm running Toshiba Satlelite C655 with windows 7 64bit. my card is atheros.

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C:\Users\Michael>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Michael-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8152/8158 PCI-E Fast Ethernet C
ontroller (NDIS 6.20)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-6C-E1-4C-B4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::88ca:b757:fc82:292c%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.25(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, January 26, 2012 2:50:19 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, January 27, 2012 2:50:19 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335554156
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-36-7E-C8-74-DE-2B-5B-17-76

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.df8a:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Michael>

My System SpecsSystem Spec
01-26-2012   #2


Windows 7 Ultimate x64
 
 


I have found that some older cards (even 2 years old) do not work well with x64 installs....you could test with an x86 machine if you have one available. I had to purchase a new card due to x64 (the card does work with an x86 install however) and got a decent card for about $14 (Sabrent Wireless-G 802.11G PCI Adapter) from TigerDirect.

B/G card: Sabrent PCI-G802 PCI Wireless Card - 54Mbps, 802.11g, Windows/Mac/Linux Compatible at TigerDirect.com

N/B/G card: Sabrent 802.11n Wireless PCI Controller Card - 802.11n/g/b, 300Mbps, 40/64/128-bit WEP encryption at TigerDirect.com
My System SpecsSystem Spec
01-26-2012   #3


Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
 
 


I forgot to mention it's a laptop
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01-26-2012   #4


Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
 
 


Solved! It was ZoneAlarm that was blocking it :\
My System SpecsSystem Spec
01-26-2012   #5


Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit
 
 


Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

I was about to ask you to check your firewall settings, but you got there first.

Well done and thanks for the update as the solution may help others.
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